Jaime Winstone

Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is an English actress, best known for her roles in Kidulthood (2006), Goldplated (2006), Dead Set (2008), Donkey Punch (2008), Boogie Woogie (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), Anuvahood (2011), Wild Bill (2011), Mad Dogs (2013), Love, Rosie (2014), After Hours (2015), The Last Photograph (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), Knuckledust (2020), A Brixton Tale (2021), and Sumotherhood (2023).

Jaime Winstone
Winstone in 2010
Born	Jaime Margaret Winstone (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	James Suckling ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	1
Parent	Ray Winstone (father)
Relatives	Lois Winstone (sister)

She is notable for her portrayal of Barbara Windsor in Babs (2017), and playing younger Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders (2022, 2025).

Early life and education

Winstone was born in Camden, North London.^[1] She is the daughter of actor Ray Winstone and his wife Elaine McCausland.^[2] She has two sisters, Lois (b. 1982),^[2] who is a singer and sometime actress, and Ellie (b. 2001).^[2] Jaime grew up in Enfield, north London,^[2] where she attended the all-girls Enfield County School;^[2] she was suspended from her school on a few occasions, for rowing with teaching staff.^[2]

Her family later moved to Roydon, Essex,^[2] where she attended the specialist performing arts college Burnt Mill School in Harlow,^[3] before going on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the performing arts department of Harlow College, Essex.^[2]

Career

Winstone's credits include the films Bullet Boy (2004),^[4] Daddy's Girl,^[4] and Donkey Punch (2008),^[4] the television series Murder Investigation Team,^[4] Vincent (alongside her father), Totally Frank,^[4] Goldplated,^[4] Dead Set, and a short film called Love Letters.^[4]

Winstone sings backing vocals for her sister Lois' band. As an actress, she has appeared in the music video for The Streets' single "When You Wasn't Famous", The Twang's single "Two Lovers", and Hercules and Love Affair's single "Blind". In April 2009, she co-starred with then-boyfriend Alfie Allen in the music video for the Madness single "Dust Devil".

Winstone made her catwalk modelling debut in 2008 for Vivienne Westwood,^[5] and in February 2009 she appeared on the front cover of Arena. She made her stage debut in a Hampstead Theatre revival of The Fastest Clock in the Universe which also played at the Curve theatre, Leicester.^[6]

In March 2010, she was announced as a new patron of the East End Film Festival.^[7] Winstone starred in the Stealth Media Group-produced thriller film Manor Hunt Ball and based on the novel The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.^[8]

The spring of 2010 also saw Winstone portray Anneli Alderton, one of five women murdered in Ipswich 2006, in the BBC drama Five Daughters.^[4] Alderton was the third girl to go missing in December 2006. In the summer of 2014, she filmed the lead role Lauren in Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours.^[4]

In 2013, Winstone appeared in the BBC series Mad Dogs alongside John Simm, Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren.^[9]

In May 2017, Winstone starred as Barbara Windsor in the BBC biopic, Babs.^[10][11] On preparing for the role, Winstone told The Independent: "As soon as I sat down with Barbara, I got to analyse her, to see how she moved - and I instantly related to this wonderful woman. She is so generous and easy to talk to and connect with [...] the pressure just faded away as I talked to this amazing woman. These roles don’t come along that often. It was an honour."^[12]

In January 2022, Winstone appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Firework". She was sixth to be unmasked.^[13][14][15] That September 2022, Winstone appeared on EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in a flashback episode set in 1979.^[16][17]

In 2023, Winstone appeared in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story, playing the character of Jenny.^[18][19] In 2025, she reprised her role on EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in the form of hallucinations experienced by Phil Mitchell for the serial's 40th anniversary week.^[20]

In 2025, she starred in the Craig Tuohy written and directed horror film Everyone Is Going to Die.^[21]

Personal life

Winstone has been in a relationship with James Suckling since March 2015. They have been engaged since June 2022^[22] and married in October 2023.^[23] They have one child together, a son born in February 2016.^[22]

Winstone was previously engaged to actor Alfie Allen.^[24][25][26]

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role
2004	Bullet Boy	Natalie
2005	Love Letter	Tracey
2006	Kidulthood	Becky
	Daddy's Girl	Nina
2008	Donkey Punch	Kim
2009	Boogie Woogie	Elaine
	Eve	Rachel
2010	Made in Dagenham	Sandra
2011	Anuvahood	Yasmin
	Wild Bill	Helen
2012	Elfie Hopkins	Elfie Hopkins
2013	uwantme2killhim?	Rachel
	Powder Room	Chanel
2014	Love, Rosie	Ruby
2017	The Last Photograph	Mother
2018	Tomb Raider	Pamela
	Farming	Lynn
2019	Hurt by Paradise	Janette
2020	Knuckledust	Redmond
2021	A Brixton Tale	Tilda
2023	Sumotherhood	Sarah
2025	Everyone Is Going to Die	Horror [21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes/!Ref
2005	M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	Hannah	Episode No.2.4
2006	Totally Frank	Lisa	2 episodes
	Vincent	Gina	Episode No.2.1
	Goldplated	Lauren	8 episodes
2008	Phoo Action	Whitey Action	Director: Euros Lyn
	Dead Set	Kelly	5 episodes
2009	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Sheila Webb	Episode 12.1: "The Clocks"
2010	Five Daughters	Annelli Alderton	3 episodes
	Beast Hunters	Pandora	"Archituthius Slimbus", "Infected"
2012	True Love	Stella	Episode:1.2 "Paul"
2013	Run	Tara	Episode: "Kasia"
	Mad Dogs	Mercedes	3 episodes
2015	Cockroaches	Ash	2 episodes
	Foyle's War	Vera Stephens	Episode: "High Castle"
	After Hours	Lauren	6 episodes
2017	Babs	Barbara Windsor	Biopic
	Joe Orton Laid Bare	Ensemble Orton Cast	BBC Two docudrama
2018	Torvill & Dean	Janet Sawbridge	Television film
2020	Squad Goals	Narrator	BBC Three
2022, 2025	EastEnders	Peggy Mitchell	3 episodes
2022	Four Lives	Donna Taylor	Episodes 2 and 3
	The Masked Singer	Firework	Contestant
2023	Count Abdulla	Kathy